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Publications and Presentations

Scientific Peer Review Publications

Grossmeier, J., Castle, P., Pitts, J., Saringer, C., Rahig Jenkins, K., Imboden, M., Mangen, D., Johnson,

S., Noeldner, S., Mason, S.T. (2020) Use of health and well-being practices influence on employee participation, impact, and perceived support. Amer J of Health Promotion.

Das, S.K., Mason, S.T., Vail, T.A., Livingston, K.A., Whelan, J.G., Chin, M.K., Blanchard, C.M.,

Turgiss, J.L., Roberts, S.B. (2020) Sustained long-term effectiveness of an energy management training course on employee vitality and purpose in life. Amer J of Health Promotion.

Iboden, M., Castle, P., Johnson, S., Rahrig-Jenkins, K., Pitts, J., Grossmeier, J., Mangen, D., Mason,

S.T., & Noeldner, S. (2020) Development and validity of a workplace health promotion best practices assessment. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

Fauerbach, J.A., Gehrke, A.K., Mason, S.T., Gould, N.F., Milner, S.M., Caffrey, J., (2019). Cognitive

behavioral therapy for acute post-trauma distress: A randomized controlled proof of concept study among hospitalized adults with burns. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. Feb 15. Epub ahead of print.

Das, S.K., Mason, S.T., Vail, T.A., Livingston, K.A., Whelan, J.G., Chin, M.K., Blanchard, C.M.,

Turgiss, J.L., Roberts, S.B. (2019) Effectiveness of an energy management training course on employee well-being: A randomized controlled trial. Amer J of Health Promotion, Jan; 33(1)

Mason. S.T., Wang, C., O’Day, R., Scott, HMP, Lea, J., & Turgiss, J. (2018) A mixed methods

evaluation of a pilot resilience training course on stress management. Public Health Open J. 3(1): 29-35. doi: 10.17140/PHOJ-3-127

Williams, A., May, P., Mason, S. T., Wang, C., & Pomana, L. (2016). Quality of life across medical

conditions and psychological factors: Implications for population health management. Quality of Life Research, Nov 24 Epub ahead of print.

Silberman, J., Greenhut, J., Wang, C., Hall, M., Mason, S. T., & Schwartz, S. M. (2015). The

avalanche hypothesis and compression of morbidity: Testing epidemiological assumptions through cohort sequential design. PloS One, May 11,10 (5)

Schwartz, S. M., Mason, S. T., Wang, C., Pomano, L., Hyde-Nolan, M., & Carter, E. (2014) Sustained

Economic Value of a Wellness and Disease Prevention Program: An 8-year longitudinal evaluation. Population Health Management, Apr 17 (2).

Goetzel, R., Henke, R., Benevent, R., Tabrizi, M., Kent, K., Smith, K,. Roemer, E., Grossmeier, J.,

Mason, S. T., Gold, D., Noeldner, S., & Anderson, D. (2014). Journal of Environmental and Occupational Medicine. Feb; 56(2): 136-44

Escolas, S. M., Hildebrandt, E. J., Maiers, A. J., Baker, M. T., & Mason, S. T. (2013). The impact of

attachment style on sleep in post-deployed service members. Army Medical Journal. April-June:35-45.

Mason, S. T., Lauterbach, D., & Lawrence, J., & Fauerbach. J.A. (2013) Confirmatory factor analysis

and invariance of the Davidson Trauma Scale in a longitudinal sample of burn patients. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. 5(1), 10-17.

Escolas, S., Arata-Maiers, R., Hildebrandt, E., Maiers, A., Mason, S. T. & Baker, M, (2012) The

Impact of Attachment Style on PTSD in Post-Deployed Service Members. Army Medical Journal. July-September:54-61

Lawrence, J.W., Mason, S.T., Schomer, K., & Klein, M.B. (2012) Epidemiology and burden of scar

after a major burn: Systematic Review. Journal of Burn Care Research 33(1): 101-9.

Mason, S.T., Esselman, P., Fraser, R. Truitt, A., & Johnson, K. (2012). Return to work after major

burn: Systematic Review. Journal of Burn Care Research 33 (1): 101-9.

Amoyal, N., Mason, S. T., Gould, N., Corry, N., Mahfouz, S., Barkey, A., & Fauerbach, J. A. (2011). A

Psychometric Evaluation of the Brief COPE in a Burn Sample. Journal of Burn Care Research. 32(3): 392

Lawrence, J.W., Rosenberg, L., Mason, S. T., & Fauerbach, J.A. (2011) Comparing parent and child perceptions of stigmatizing behavior experienced by children with burn scars. Body Image 8 (1): 70.

Gould, N., McKibben, J., McCann, U., Amoyal, N., Corry, N., Hall, R., Mason, S. T., & Fauerbach,

J. A. (2010) Peritraumatic heart rate as a predictor of Acute Stress Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in patients with burn injury. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 72 (4): 539.

Mason, S. T., Corry, N., Gould, N., Amoyal, N., Gabriel, V., Wiechman Askay, S., Holavanahalli, R.,

Banks, S., Arceneaux, L. L., Fauerbach, J. A. (2010) Growth Trajectories of Distress in Burn Patients. Journal of Burn Care Research 31(1): 64-72.

Weichman-Askay, S., Sharar, S., Mason, S.T, & Patterson, D. (2009) Pain, Pruritis, and Sleep Following Burn Injury. International Journal of Psychiatry 21(6):522-30

Bienvenu, O.J., Gould, N.F., Mason, S.T., Fauerbach, J.A. (2009) Anxiety disorders prevention:

overview and focus on post-traumatic stress disorder. Minerva Psychiatrica 50:265-75.

Mason, S. T., Arceneaux, L. L., Abouhassan, W., Lauterbach, D., Seebach, C., & Fauerbach, J. A.

(2008) Confirmatory factor analysis of the Short Form Mcgill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ-SF) with burn patients. Journal of Burns and Wounds: Eplasty 8:e54

Eshelman, A., Mason, S. T., Nemeh, C. & Williams, C. (2008). LVAD destination therapy:

Applying what we know about psychiatric evaluation and management from cardiac failure and transplant. Heart Failure Reviews.14(1): 21-8

Lauterbach, D., Bak, C., Reiland, S., Mason, S. T., Lute, M., & Earls, L. (2007). Quality of

parental relationships among persons with a lifetime history of PTSD. Journal of Traumatic Stress. 20(2):161-72

Book Chapters

Moore. B. & Mason, S. T. (2012). Assessment and management of acute stress on the battlefield. In

2nd Ed. Kennedy, C. Military Psychology: Clinical and operational applications. Guilford Press, New York

Mason, S. T., Arceneaux, L.L, & Fauerbach, J. A. (2012). Psychology of pediatric pain:

Burns. In Textbook for Pediatric Burn Care. Ed. Phillips, B.

Mason, S.T., Fauerbach, J., & Haythornthwaite, J. Assessment of acute pain, pain relief, and pain

satisfaction. Ch 41. In D.C.Turk. D., & Melzack, R. Handbook of Pain Assessment: Third Edition Assessment: (2010), Guildford Press: New York, NY.

Non-Peer Review Publications

Mason, S. T.,. (2017) Mental health and well-being are catching on – and for good reason. Population

Health News. Dec.

Mason, S. T., et al., (2017) Life benefits of managing energy.

Mason, S. T., (2014) Quality of life in worksite wellness: What matters? Corporate Wellness Magazine.

Jan.

O’Day, R., Alexander, J., & Mason, S. T., (2014). Culture of Health: A New Perspective

Mason, S. T., & O’Day, R. (2013) Breaking through the next generation of health promotion. Benefits

Magazine. April/Mar, 2013.

Mason, S. T., & O’Day, R. (2012). Breaking Through: 30 years later, why people struggle to maintain

good health and what you can do about it. (White Paper for Wellness & Prevention Inc.)

Schwartz, S., Mason, S.T., Bedrosian, R., & Wildenhaus, K. (2012). Digital Health Coaching for

Population Health Management (White Paper for Wellness & Prevention Inc.)

Mason, S. T. (2012). Digital health Coaching for Population Health Management. Consumer Driven Health Care. CDHC Solutions

Sebranek, W., Mason, S. T., Alexander, J., Schwartz, S., Finkenauar-O’Day, R., (2012).Culture of Health: A new perspective. White paper for Johnson and Johnson Landmark Study.

Weichman-Askay, Mason, S.T, & Fauerbach. J.A. (2012). Managing and understanding burn pain.

Consumer information literature produced in collaboration with the NIDRR funded Burn Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center.

Lawrence, J.W., Mason, S.T., &, Fauerbach. J.A., (2011). Changes in appearance after a

major burn injury. Consumer information literature produced in collaboration with the NIDRR funded Burn Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center.

Fauerbach, J. A. & Mason, S. T. (2011). Psychological distress after major burn injury. Consumer

information literature produced in collaboration with the NIDRR funded Burn Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center.

Professional Presentations

Mason, S. T. Using Big Data for Right-Sizing Health Interventions. Presented at the Big

Data Health Summit. Philadelphia, PA., May, 2013.

Mason, S. T. Health Psychology on Big Data. Presented at the Big Data Health Summit. New York, NY

March, 2013.

Hyde-Nolan, M., Wang, C., & Mason, S. T. An apple a day: The impact of nutrition quality on severity

of comorbid low back pain and insomnia. Presented to the annual conference of the Association for Psychological Science. Miami, FL. 2013.

Mason, S. T. & Schwartz, S. M., Health, Psychographics, and Big Data. Presented at the Big Data

Innovation and Predictive Analytics Summit. Chicago, IL. November, 2012.

Williams, A., Pomana, L., Mason, S. T., & Schwartz, S. Quality of life across medical conditions and

psychological factors: Implications for population health management. Presented to the annual conference of the Association for Psychological Science, May, Chicago, IL.

Martinez, E.M., McMullen, K.A., Holavanahalli, R.K., Carrougher, G.J., Mason, S.T., Kowalske, K., &

Lezotte, D., (2012). A Longitudinal Burn Outcome Databse: Updates on a MultiCenter Study. Presented at the Annual Conference of the American Burn Association.

Escolas, S, Mason, S. T., Baker, M, and Maiers, A. (2011). Post Deployment Assessment of Adult

Attachment as a Protective Mechanism for Post Traumatic Stress Symptoms. Poster presented at AMSUS: The Society of the Federal Health Agencies Conference, November 8, San Antonio, Texas

Escolas, S., Chapman, P., Baker., Maiers, A., & Mason, S. Attachment, temperament, and resilience as

protective mechanisms for Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms. Presented at the annual conference of US Military Force Health Protection. 2011, Hampton, VA.

Booth, B., Wilson, D., Price, J., & Mason, S.T. Resiliency and Mental Toughness: Implications for Law

Enforcement Selection and Training. In Symposium; First Responder Stress: Current Strategies and Issues in Assessment, Prevention, and Intervention. Presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Meeting. 2011 Washington, DC.

Mason, S.T. Trajectories of Resiliency in Burn Patients and Across Conditions. Presented

at the American Psychological Association Annual Meeting. 2011 Washington DC.

Fauerbach, J. A., Gould, N., Mason, S.T., Allen, L., Rios, R., Jochai, D.,& McCann, U.

Cognitive Behavioral Treatment for Acute Stress Disorder: The Safety, Meaning, Activation and Resilience Training (SMART) Trial. Presented at the Annual Conference of the American Burn Association, 2011, Chicago, IL.

Mason, S.T., Esselman, P., Schomer, K., Fraser, R., Truitt, A., Riloff, T., & Johnson, K. Return

to work after burn injury: A systematic review. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Burn Association, 2011, Chicago, IL.

Mason, S.T., Lawrence, J., Schomer, K., & Klein, M., Burden of burn scar: A systematic review.

Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Burn Association, 2011, Chicago, IL

Allen, L., Rios, R., Jochai, D., Riloff, T., Mason, S.T., & Fauerbach, J.A. Changes in PTSD

Symptoms and Global Psychological Impairment in Major Burn Survivors. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Burn Association, 2011, Chicago, IL.

Mason, S.T., Cordova, A., Lawrence, J.W., Jochai, D., Rios, R., Allen, R., Martinez, M.,

Holavanahalli, R.K., Wiechman, S.A., & Fauerbach, J.A. Body Image and Social Adjustment Following Major Burns: A 24-Month Longitudinal Study of Recovery Pathways. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Burn Association, 2011, Chicago, IL.

Mason, S.T., Asuku, M. E., Jochai, D., Rios, R., Lawrence, J.W., Allen, L., Martinez, E.M.,

Holavanahalli, R.K., Wiechman, S.A., & Fauerbach, J.A. In-hospital Body Image Satisfaction and Social Comfort Predict Long Term Physical Recovery and Psychosocial Reintegration After Major Burn Injury. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Burn Association, 2011, Chicago, IL.

Mason, S.T., Lawrence, J.W., Plaff, J., Allen, L., Martinez, E.M., Jochai, D., Rios, R.,

Wiechman, S.A.,& Fauerbach, J.A. Body Image and Social Adjustment. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the American Burn Association, 2011, Chicago, IL.

Mason, S. T., Lawrence, J.W., Vincent, G., Fauerbach, J., & Maiers, A. (2010). Natural history of body

image and social adjustment following a major burn. Poster presented at the annual conference of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Montreal, Quebec. CAN.

Mason, S.T., Delong, E., Feldman, M., Archuleta, D., & Fauerbach, J. (2010) Measuring consequences

of major burns; body image and social adjustment. Poster presented at the annual conference of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Montreal, Quebec. CAN.

Mason, S. T., Lawrence, J., Gabriel, V., Holavanahalli, R., Weichman-Askay, S., Fauerbach, J.A. (2010)

Can we discern typical patterns of adjustment to altered appearance following burn injury? Paper presented at the International Appearance Matters 4 Conference in Bristol, UK.

Mason, S. T., Delong, E., Feldman, M., Holavanahalli, R., Weichman-Askay, S., Fauerbach, J. A.,

(2010). What are some core features of body image among burn survivors? Poster presented at the International Appearance Matters 4 Conference in Bristol, UK.

Fauerbach, J. A., Mason, S. T., Gould, N., Prosciak, M., Milner, S., Wiechman, S., Holavanahalli, R., & Lezotte, D. ( 2010) Do Anxiety, Depression and Pain have Prolonged Impact on Burn-Related Impairment and Disability? Paper submitted to the annual conference of the American Burn Association. Boston. MA.

Arceneaux, L., Epperson, K., Duvall, C., Herndon, D., Mason, S. T., & Meyer, W. (2010)

In-Hospital and Discharge Pain and Itch as Predictors of Long-Term Sleep Disturbances in Pediatric Burn Injuries. Paper presented to the American Burn Association. Boston. MA.

McKibben, J., Mason, S. T., Gould, N., Klick, B., & Fauerbach, J.A. (2009). Predicting future onset of PTSD using ASD versus PTSD diagnoses in a major burn population. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Atlanta, GA.

Pence, L., Corry, N., Amoyal, N., Mason, S., Gould, N., Young, L., & Fauerbach, J. (2009)

Neuroticism, Psychological Distress, and Chronic Pain Severity. Paper presented to the annual conference of the American Burn Association. San Antonio, TX.

Corry, N., Gould, N., Mason, S., Amoyal, N., Klick, B., & Fauerbach, J. (2009) Pain and

PTSD Prospectively Impact Changes in Functioning. Paper presented to the annual conference of the American Burn Association. San Antonio, TX.

Corry, N., Mason, S. T., Gould, N., Amoyal, N., & J. Fauerbach, J. (2009) Pain and

Posttraumatic Stress: Longitudinal Testing of a Reciprocal Influence Model. Paper presented to

the annual conference of the American Burn Association. San Antonio, TX

Mason, S. T., Corry, N., Gould, N., Amoyal, N., Gabriel, V., Wiechman Askay, S., Holavanahalli, R.,

Banks, S., Arceneaux, L. L., Fauerbach, J. A. (2009) Trajectories of Distress in Burn Patients. Paper presented to the annual conference of the American Burn Association. San Antonio, TX.

Mason, S. T., Lauterbach, D., Corry, N., Gould, N., Amoyal, N. Barkey, A., & J. A.

Fauerbach. (2009) Two year stability of PTSD factor structure in burn patients. Paper presented to the annual conference of the American Burn Association. San Antonio, TX

Gould, N., McKibben, J., McCann, U., Amoyal, N., Corry, N., Hall, R., Mason, S. T., & Fauerbach,

J. A. (2009) Peritraumatic heart rate as a predictor of Acute Stress Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in patients with burn injury. Paper presented to the annual conference of the American Burn Association. San Antonio, TX.

Mason, S. T., Lauterbach, D. & Fauerbach, J. A. (2008). Phenomonology of PTSD. Symposium

paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Chicago, IL.

Mason, S. T., Lauterbach. D., & Fauerbach. J. A. (2008). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Burn

Patients. Oral presentation to the annual meeting of the Northeast Regional Burn Conference, Arlington, VA.

Littleton, H., Cieslak, R., Benight, C., Nuttman-Shwartz, O., Dekel, R., Lauterbach, D., Mason. S. T.,

& Fauerbach, J. A. (2008). Social and cognitive determinants of recovery after trauma. Symposium paper presented at the annual meeting of International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies in Chicago, IL.

Sjoberg, C., Mason, S. T., Fauerbach, J. A., & McCann, U. (2008). Does substance abuse alter

vulnerability to PTSD? Presented at the Johns Hopkins Annual Psychiatric Symposium.

Fauerbach, J.A., McCann, U. D., Mason, S. T., Arceneaux, L. L., Richter, L., Fogel, J. & Lawrence,

J. W. (2008) Suppressing and Processing: Effect of Order on Posttraumata Intrusive Thoughts.

Poster presented to the Spring Symposium of the Brain Science Institute at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.

Mason, S. T., Arceneaux, L. L., Fauerbach, J. A., Seebach, C., & Sootang-Ackerman, C. (2008).

Confirmatory factor analysis and invariance of the Short Form McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ-SF) in a longitudinal sample of burn patients. Poster presented at the annual conference of the American Psychosomatic Society, Baltimore, MD.

Mason, S. T., Mckibbin, J. A. Arceneaux, L. L., Fauerbach, J. A., & Lauterbach, D (2008).

Confirmatory factor analysis and invariance of the Davidson Trauma Scale in a longitudinal sample of burn patients. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Savannah, GA.

Mason, S.T., Richard, D.C.S., Lauterbach, D., Rauch, S.A.M., Knapp, J., Chermack, S., & Gordon,

N., (2008). Psychometric properties and confirmatory factor analysis of the Computerized PTSD Scale: Multimedia Version (CPS-M). Poster presented at the annual conference of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America in Savannah, GA.

Mckibbin, J. A., Mason, S. T., Klick, B. & Fauerbach, J.A. (2008). Predicting future onset of PTSD

using ASD versus PTSD diagnoses in a major burn population: A longitudinal study. Poster accepted to the annual conference of the American Psychiatric Association, Washington, D.C.

Pasola, B., Mason, S. T., Lauterbach, D., Dodson, S. & McCourt, M. (2007) Factor structure and

psychometric properties of the Beck Depression Inventory-II in a student sample reporting trauma. Poster presented to the annual conference of the Midwest Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Mason, S. T., Lauterbach, D., McCourt, M., Pasola, B., Dotson, S. & Wilson, E. (2006) Confirmatory

factor analysis of the PTSD Checklist – Civilian Version (PCL) in a college sample. Presented at the annual conference of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Hollywood, CA.

Porter, K., Koch, E., Mason, S. T., & Lauterbach. D. (2006). An examination of exposure therapy in

PTSD treatment: Meta-analysis. Presented at the annual conference of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Hollywood, CA.

Gould, N., McKibben, J., McCann, U., Amoyal, N., Corry, N., Hall, R., Mason, S. T., & Fauerbach,

Lauterbach, D., Mason, S. T., Bak, C., Reiland, S., & Lute, M. (2006). Lifetime history of

psychopathology as a predictor of parent-child relationship quality and parent-child conflict in a national sample. Presented at the annual conference of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Chicago, IL.

Porter, K., Koch, E., Fons, C., Mason, S. T., & Pocari, C. (2006) Translating exposure therapy

research into effective clinical practice: Impact of exposure dose on treatment efficacy: A meta-analysis. Presented at the annual conference of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Chicago, IL.

Mason, S. T., Lauterbach, D., Pasola, W., McCourt, M., & Dotson, S. (2006). Severity of trauma

exposure among college students. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Perlman, L.M., Chermack, S.T., Patterson, K.A., Mason, S. T., & McDowell, J. (2005).

A model for group psychotherapy in a VA mental health clinic. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C. Authorship and contributions occurred after initial submission.

Mason, S. T., Mainka, J., & Lauterbach. D. (2005). The relative contribution of PTSD

depression symptoms on marital dysfunction. Poster presented at the annual conference of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Toronto, CAN.

Richard, D. C. S., Gloster, A., Mason, S. T., & Connolly, L. (2005). Technology Integration in

Behavioral Therapy and Assessment: Utilization and Attitudes. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior and Cognitive Therapy, Washington DC.

Mason, S. T., Richard, D. C. S., & Gallegos, G. (2003). Psychometric evaluation of a multimedia

version of the Computerized PTSD Scale: Results from a college sample with a trauma history. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Boston, MA.

Educational Materials

Archuleta, D. & Mason, S. T. (2010) Burn injury pain training module. Created for and implemented as

part of the Trauma and Resiliency Fellowship training curriculum.

Post-traumatic Stress Training (2011). Co-Developer of US Army Medical Center and School Post-

traumatic Stress (PTS) training module for pre and post deployment touchpoints of soldier education.